Hand brake



April 12, 1932.

P. P. BARTHELEMY HAND BRAKE Y 2 sheets-sheet 1 Filed Oct. 29, 1928 April 1.2, 1932- P. P.. BARTHELEMY 1,853,716

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Patented pr. 12, l1932` PAUL P. BARTHELEMY, or sr. PAUL, MINNESOTA, Ass-lemon -f'ro` W. fr. M'INnn,1No.,On

rz.freiv'ry OFFICE CHICAGO, iLLLNoIs, A, CORPORATION or DELAWARE Y HAN D BRAKE .nppiictioamed october 29, 192s. serial No. 315,644. y'

-This invention relatesto improvements in hand brakes. l l Y A'On'e object of the invention is to provide a` hand brake for railway cars, including a' statt' fon which the brake chain is wound, lever operated ratchet means for rotating the stati' to tighten the bra-kes, and a locking dog cooperating with the ratchet means on the brake stan? to hold the latter against ret,- rograde,movemena` the dog being provided with an operating handle by which the same may be manually released, wherein manually Operated latch means is 'provided for locking or holding the dog in released or inoperative A more specific object of.Y the invention is tokprovide a simple and etlicient locking means of the character indicated, for vvthe locking dog of hand brake mechanisms, 2@ wherein the locking means isin the form of 25 means provided on'the winding statt of the brake.V .r Y, j...

In the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a horizontahcsectional viewV through a lportion :of the end D wal-l of a railway `car, andv the housing of a handbrake, illustrating myimprovements in connection therewith. Figure'2 is an eleva-- tional'view of the upper end portion. ofA the hand brake nfiechanism shown in Figure 1."

Figure 3'is :a vefrticahsectional view, .corresponding Asubstantially to the line 3-3 'of Figure l. AndFigure 4 is a horizontal, sectional view, similar to FigureV 1 but showing the. parts in .a ditlierent operative position.

In said drawings, the end wall of the car designated by v10, to which the hand brake mechanism 'is secured; 4 K'lhe hand brake mechanism includes a housing 11 iin-.which the. upper end 'of the usual vertical brake statll 12 is rotatably mounted.- The brake staff 12 is provided with .a square section at the upper end which is connected to the usual ratchetwheel operated by the lever' operated pawl Vmechanism of thehand brakes, In the present instance, the lever is shown as of the tain the brakes in locked condition.

locking dogis pivoted between its ends on a drop-handle type and comprisesan elongated lever member 13 in the form ot an operating handle which is pivotedto a rotatable',

et mechanism is of the usual type, the same isnot illustrated in the present instance. ,Y

ln carrying out my invention, l providea pivoted locking dog -16 for lpreventing retro'-V grade movement of. the brake staff'and main- VThe vertically disposed pivot epin 17, suitably secured 'within the housing 11. At the inner end, the ydog, l16v is provided witha locking tooth 18 which engageswith a locking ratchet member 19 securedrlto the brake staff 12 the ratchet member 19' being. provided with a square opening 20 accommodating the square upper end section-of the stan?. As shown, the locking dog 16 is provided with an arm atY the 'end opposite the tooth 18' which projects outwardly of the housing and forms an operatingl handle member 21. As shown, the handle member 21V is offset outwardly away from the wall 10 of the car. c

The housing 11 preferably ycomprises an enclosing vertical wall 2`2 which contains the operating mechanism for the hand brakes and a vertical plate-like flangevsection 23 which is securedV to the end wall 10 or the car. As shown in Figures 1 and il, the locking dog 16 is urged into vlocking engagement with the ratchet member 19 on the brake statt by a spring 24 which is interposed between the wall 23 of the housing. and the rear side of the ratchet tooth lportion of the locking dog, bosses 25 and '2'6ybeing 'provided on Vthe wall 23 and the 'locking` dog respectively, to,V hold the spring24'centered. InFigure 1, the locking dogV 16-is shown as disengaged from the ratchet memberV 19 so that the brake stattl isy free to rotate to permit unwinding of the bra-ke chain.V In order to maintain the .locking dog in this' positiom'l `provide latchin-g mechanism including a pivoted latchingi'inger 27 which is supported from the` housing by a bracket plate Vv2'8'. The plate comprises a main body portion sor which is directly secured to the section 23 of the housing and an angularly project-ing supporting lug portion 29 on which the finger 27 is pivotally hung. The main body portion of the bracket 28 is secured to the section 23 of the housing by means of bolts 30-30 which extend through said main body portion, the section 23 and' the end wall 10 of thewcar. Y It will thus be clear that the bolts 3()v serve to secure the housing to the end wall of the car in addition to fixing the bracket 28 to the housing. The section 23 of the housing at the side opposite to that on which the bracket 28V is located is also secured to the end wall of the car by bolts, the latter being designated by 31-3l.

The 'latch finger 27 comprises an end'section 32 by which ,the same is pivotally supported, and 'an offset cylindrical portion 33 which forms a weighted end and is adapted to engage in back of the handle member 21 of the locking dog 16 to latch the same in release position', as shown in Figure 1. rIhe section 32 is connected to the lug portion 29 of the bracket 28 by a pivot pin 3A, the pivot pin 311`is preferably in the form of a rivet and carries awear disc or washer 35 interposed between the front face of the section 32 and the head at the outer end of said rivet. As will be evident, when the latch finger v27 is swung to itslowermost position, it will be maintained there by the force of gravity. In order to permit inward swinging movement of the handle member 21 of the locking dog 16 to allow the tooth 18 of the dog to cooperate with the ratchet member 19, the lat-ch finger 27 is swung upwardly to disengage the same. To maintain the finger 27 in inoperative position, the same is swung upwardly and inwardly to one side of the pivot member 34 with theV free end in abutting relation with the side wall of the housing 11, as most clearly illustrated'in Figures 2 and As will be evident, due to the overbalanced condition of the latch finger 27 in the inoperative position shown in Figures 2 and li, there will be no danger of the finger accidentally dropping to the pendant position yshown in Figures 1 and 3 to latch the dog 16 in disengaged position.

The hand brake is operated in the usual manner by oscillating the operating handle 13, thereby producing intermittent rotation of the brake staff 12 in a winding direction.

During the intermittent rotation, the dog 16 is in the operative position shown in Figure 4 and the tooth 18 thereof ratchets over the teeth of the ratchet member 19. As soon as the tightening operation is discontinued, the dog 16 prevents retrograde movement of the winding staff by engagement of the tooth 1 8 thereof with one of the teeth of the ratchet member 19. Then Ait is desired to release the brakes, the operator swings the handle 21 of the dog outwardly, thereby disengaging the locking tooth 18 of the dog from the ratchet member 19. When it is desired to hold the dog thus disengaged so that the staff will be free to rotate, the operator swings the latching finger 27 in a contra-clockwise direction from the dotted line position shown in Figure 2 to the pendant full line position shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, with the portion 33 of the latching finger in engagement'lwith the rear edge portionv of the` operating lever, thereby preventing inward movement of the Voperating lever 21 toward the wall 10 of the car and thus holding the tooth of the locking dog in the disengaged position shown in Figure 1. When it is again desired to bring the locking dog 16 into operative relation with the brake stad, the latching finger 27 is swung upwardly to the position shown in Figure 2. As will be evident, the locking dog is then free to oscillate and is urged into engaged position' with the ratchet member of the brake staff by the spring 24C.

' From the preceding description, taken in connection with thedrawings, it will be evident 'that I have provided an exceedingly simple and efficient latching means for the locking dog of a hand brake, which may be,

readily attached to the housing of the hand brake mechanism and is secured by the same bolts which secure the housing to the end wall of the car. K f

A further advantage of my inproved latching mechanism is that there isno danger of the same being accidentally' displaced from either its operative or inoperative position, the same being maintained in either of said positions due to the iniiuenceof gravityrand it requiring manual manipulation to bring the same into the latching position for holding the dog disengaged from the brake stad and also to bring the same to the inoperative position where the locking dog is free to engage the brake staff and prevent retrograde movement thereof.

I/Vhile I have herein shown and described what I consider the preferred manner of carrying out my invention, lthe same is merely illustrative and I Y contemplate all changes and modications which come within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim: e Y

1. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination with a vertical brake staff upon which the brake chain is wound; of a housing in which the operating mechanism for the staff is mounted;V a locking dog pivoted between its ends on a vertically disposed pivot member fixed within the housing, said dog having a tooth at one end and operating handle por-v tion at the other end, said tooth being engageable with'the brakel staff to lock the same against retrograde movement; means for holding the tooth yieldably engaged with the staff, the handle member of the dog being manually movable to disengage the dog from the staff a latch member pivotally supported at vone end above said handle and adapted to be swung in back of the handle, and extending across the pathof swinging movementJ of the handle in engagement therewith when in pendant position to latch the dog in disengaged position, thelatch member being retractable from latching position and movable on its pivot to a positionto bring the main body portion thereof above and to one side of the pivot with the free end in abutment with the housing, thereby maintaining the latch member in inoperative position.

2. In a hand brake mechanism, the combination with a vertically disposed `brake staf upon which the bra-ke chain is adapted to vbe wound; of a housing in which the upper l end of the staff is rotatably mounted, said housing being provided with avv vertical wall; operating means for the brake sta, Arotatably supported in the housing; a locking dog in the housing, pivotally supported between its ends, one end of the dog extending outwardly of the housing and forming an operating handle and the other end of the dog cooperating with the staff to lock the same against retrograde movement; spring means for forcing saidV dog into engagement with the staff, said dog being manually disengaged from the staff by pulling said handle outlwardly, thereby unlocking the dog and permitting unwinding of the chain from the staff a latch pivotally supported on the housing above the handle, said latch being movable to dispose'the mainV body portion thereof abovethe pivot and to one side thereof, with its free end in abutting relation with the vertical wall of the housing to thereby retain the latch in inoperative position under the inluence of gravity, said latch being manually movable from said inoperative position to pendant position in back of the handle and extending across the path of swinging movement thereof to be engaged by the handle to limit its swinging movement and maintain the dog disengaged from the brake staff.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 15th day of Oct. 1928.

P. P. BARTHELEMY. 

